Live auction - brm_695561 - CARACALLA Sesterce

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	390 €
Maximum bid :	400 €
End of the sale :	26 October 2021 15:50:16
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Sesterce

Date: 215

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 27,67 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Flan épais, idéalement centré. Joli buste de Caracalla. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.329 (8f.) - RIC.538 a - BMC/RE.279 - H.2/1448 - RCV.6933 (1350$) - SIR.78

Obverse

Obverse legend : M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).

Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus”, (Marc Aurèle Antonin pieux auguste germanique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P XVIII IMP III COS IIII P P/S|C.

Reverse description : Esculape debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant un bâton autour duquel est enroulé un serpent ; à gauche, Télesphore debout enveloppé dans son manteau ; à droite, un globe.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate octavum decimum Imperator tertium Consul quartum Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la dix-huitième puissance tribunitienne et de la troisième acclamation impériale consul pour la quatrième fois).